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David Schwartz: Shaping Real Estate Politics and Growing a $5.3 Billion Real Estate Portfolio ft. David Schwartz

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Release Date: 02/10/2021

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Mr. Schwartz co-founded Waterton Associates, and as CEO, he works with the senior leadership team to set the strategic direction of the company and its investment programs, lead the Leadership Committee, Investment Committee, and assist the team in investments and fundraising. David is a member of the executive committee, a senior officer, and serves as Chairman of the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC); he is also a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA). Before founding Waterton in 1995, David was vice president of acquisitions for Equity Residential Properties Trust (EQR-NYSE) and from 1985 to 1989 worked with AMLI Realty Co.

 

Listen in as Realty Mogul’s CEO, Jilliene Helman, and David Schwartz discuss what Waterton Associates are doing to stay connected to other team members during the COVID-19 quarantine and how they are managing to achieve the best possible outcomes regarding multi-family. He shares the latest news on how he’s helping to shape politics through the NMHC, outlines the current initiatives they are working on, and how much of his role at the NMHC is around educating Congress on real estate concerns. David also discusses how this recession compares to previous ones and what can we learn from the past despite the lack of a playbook for the current times

 

“2022 is going to be a robust recovery - get through to 2022 because there is going to be a pretty strong U shape recovery when this pandemic is over.” - David Schwartz

 

This week on The Reality Mogul Podcast:

  • David’s professional mentors and how he got started in the real estate business
  • The Waterton way and how it shapes company culture
  • Why David prioritizes giving back to the community via his company
  • How the COVID-19 pandemic impacts on the real estate industry
  • How the Cares Act functions as a critical facet to keeping people in their homes
  • The availability of emergency rent relief vouchers and whether David thinks we will see them extended in the next stimulus package
  • The eviction moratorium and David’s predictions on the possibility of an extension at a federal level
  • David’s opinion on the best way to prevent mass evictions and how the proposed alternatives would work
  • Predictions on how the economic recovery will play out
  • What’s next for David personally and professionally

 

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